curl_request.php

<?php

function curl_request ($url, $method="GET", $return_transfer=true, $timeout=50) {
    $ch = curl_init($url);
    $info = curl_getinfo($ch);

    //OPTIONS
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, $return_transfer);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $timeout);

    //EXECUTE
    $ret = curl_exec($ch);

    //ERROR HANDLING
    if (!$ret) {
        $err = curl_error($ch);
        curl_close($ch);

        return "ERRO: " . $err;
    }

    curl_close($ch);
    
    return $ret;
}